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San Juan County: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

San Juan County · Surface
Controlled by San Juan County-Nm
San Juan County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901901

MSHA record for San Juan County (mine ID 2901901). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1986–1988
Latest incident
Sep 1988
Ownership history
  1. San Juan County 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

San Juan County sits in San Juan County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 7.5% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
San Juan County, New Mexico · Population 121,178
7.5%
Mining share of county employment
$53,020
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1988 · 1 incident

September 27, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
San Juan County · Struck against a moving object

I.NAME LOADING FRONT END LOADER BUCKET WITH PIT-RUN AS BUCKET ENTERING STOCKPILE IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH HARD SPOT CAUSING EMPL TO BE JERKED FORWARD WRENCHING HIS BACK.EMPL COMPLAINED OF LOWE R BACK PAIN.SEAT BELT WAS IN USE AT TIME OF INJURY.

1986 · 1 incident

January 27, 1986 NM · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
San Juan County · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMP WAS PULLING3ON WRENCH TRYING TO LOOSEN NUT AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK